X10FC7 Introduction to Business Economics: Seminar 5
Market Structures
Instructions: Please read lectures 8, 9 and 10 and the relevant chapters in your
textbook.
1. In which market structure would you place each of the following products
(monopoly, oligop

Most people have purchased merchandise from Amazon.com and similar
online stores. What technology do these sites use to describe merchandise and
handle customer shopping carts?
A. Static Web publishing
B. Spreadsheet data management
C. Server-side pro

Which one of the following is the best way to avoid health hazards while
working with computers?
A. Use a CRT display.
B. Take frequent breaks.
C. Move your display to a position lower than your chin.
D. Elevate your keyboard to chest height.
(Answer

Just about everyone has used iTunes software to download music. iTunes
software also allows you to list the songs youve downloaded, delete songs,
find songs, and organize your music into play lists. These features of iTunes
are similar to what type of so

A computer handles many tasks simultaneously. Which one of the following
refers to the processors ability to handle multiple tasks, rather than the
operating systems ability to do so?
o A. Multi-core
o B. Multitasking
o C. Multithreading
o D. Multiproces

A computers operating system is a type of application software. (Answer:
False)
A bit is a binary digit, such as a 1 or 0. (Answer: True)
A megabyte is 1024 bits. (Answer: False)
A dictionary attack is a virus that hides out in the spelling checker for y

UNIVAC was one of the first personal computers. (Answer: False)
Integrated circuits were a key technology in 3rd generation computers.
(Answer: True)
The dot com bubble refers to the period when domain names were added to
the Internet. (Answer: False)
In

X10FC7 INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS ECONOMICS
SEMINAR 1: INTRODUCTORY CONCEPTS
INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS
We will work through the following activities and others in the Seminar.
You can prepare for this seminar by reading your lecture notes and
relevant sectio

X10FC7 Introduction to Business Economics: Seminar 3
Supply,Demand,Equilibrium and Demand Elaticities
Instructions: In this seminar we will be using some of the textbbook activites from chapters
4 and 5.
Please summarise the key points from both chapters

X10FC7 Introduction to Business Economics: Seminar 4
Surplus and Costs
Instructions: In this seminar we will be using some of the textbook activites from chapters 7
and 13.
Please summarise the key points from both chapters and record any difficulties you

Price discrimination or price differentiation exists when sales of identical
goods or services are transacted at different prices from the same provider. In
a theoretical market with perfect information, perfect substitutes, and no
transaction costs or pr

Price discrimination or price differentiation exists when sales of identical goods or
services are transacted at different prices from the same provider. In a theoretical market
with perfect information, perfect substitutes, and no transaction costs or pr

X10FC7 INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS ECONOMICS
SEMINAR 2: THE PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES FRONTIER & POSITIVE AND
NORMATIVE ECONOMICS
INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS
We will work through the following activities and others in the Seminar. You
can prepare for this semina

Priceelasticityofdemandandfirms
Thereisnodoubtthatthelawofdemandandsupplydeterminesmarketpriceand
quantityincompetitivemarkets.Butthelawofdemandandsupplydoesnotmeasure
how much consumers respond to changes in the variety of demand and supply
curves. In

Glossary
Chapter 1
business cycle
fluctuations in economic activity, such as employment and production
economics
the study of how society manages its scarce resources
efficiency
the property of society getting the most it can from its scarce resources
equ

The Journal of Risk Finance
Emerald Article: Theory of portfolio and risk based on incremental entropy
Jianshe Ou
Article information:
To cite this document:
Jianshe Ou, (2005),"Theory of portfolio and risk based on incremental entropy", The Journal of Ri